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TheStoneOfSisyphus 267 points ago +275 / -8

I'm surprised the person at the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department isn't fired for that.

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NADSAQ 67 points ago +67 / -0

I have been meaning to ask this, on a number of occasions where police have obviously been instructed to stand down on orders of the mayor: Where the fuck are the Sheriffs?

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TGNX 77 points ago +78 / -1

Sheriffs do not have city jurisdiction, only county. If that seems confusing to you, because some counties are smaller than the cities within them (LA county, I'm looking at you), it is to me, too.

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bill_in_texas 36 points ago +38 / -2

That isn't true, at least, not true in Texas. Not sure about other states, but it stands to reason that if you're a sworn officer in the county, then the whole county IS your territory.

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fingerofkek 41 points ago +41 / -0

Some cities like Baltimore are not part of a county. They are a completely independent shithole.

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rma92 10 points ago +10 / -0

In this case, usually the city has a sheriff's department that handles specific duties of the sheriff (e.g. serving certain court mandates, evictions) and a police department that rolls up to the mayor. The sheriff does not roll up to the mayor, it's an independent office.

Baltimore City itself is a county level government entity, so fulfills county duties within the city. This is not to be confused with Baltimore County, which contains other towns and surrounds the city of Baltimore.

Virginia has many independent cities that are similar to Baltimore, each has a sheriff. For example, the city of Alexandria: https://www.alexandriava.gov/Sheriff

Off the top of my head, the other oddball cases are -Jacksonville/Duval County, Florida -- the city takes up entire county, the governments function as one. -Boston/Suffolk County, MA -- Boston takes up most of the county, and the Boston government performs county functions, but there are a couple of other towns in the county, such as Chelsea. Some counties in Massachusetts have no government at all, but still have a sheriff.) -New York City takes up 5 counties in New York, each of the five boroughs is it's own county. The boroughs have their own governments and presidents that provide some minor functionality, although most government functions are performed by the city government.

Every county (or incorporated equivalent) in the United States has one, even New York City: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/sheriff-courts/sheriff.page

Finally, the sheriff for the City of Baltimore has a website, https://sheriff.baltimorecity.gov/, which explains their enforcement authority on the front page:

"Deputy Sheriffs have the same Law Enforcement authority as the Police Department. Since the Sheriff is elected by the citizenry, only Deputy Sheriffs have the authority to enforce Civil Law in addition to Criminal and Traffic Law. "

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unicornpoop 1 point ago +1 / -0

Not part of the overall shithole, but an independent shithole.

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BladderBeerPoopin 1 point ago +1 / -0

STL comes to mind.

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Kylsix 12 points ago +12 / -0

Usually city and county agencies have jurisdictional agreements and they stay off each others turf.

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jive-ass-turkey 1 point ago +1 / -0

They have agreements but all the ones I have seen are to stay on each others turf.

Can you point me to one like you are talking about? Genuinely curious.

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FliesTheFlag 9 points ago +9 / -0

Blue shithole I am in supposedly is the same way they got jurisdiction everywhere although they stick to the country sides, unless shit hits the fan in the cities, Sheriff dept is the ones with the Swat teams and vehicles, not the local Police.

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VCW51 4 points ago +4 / -0

In Vermont every officer has jurisdiction in the entire state.

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jive-ass-turkey 1 point ago +1 / -0

So both Andy and Barney can patrol the whole thing huh?

I'm kidding, crime and Vermont just seems like a non sequitir to me.

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AlphaQup 1 point ago +1 / -0

State Trooper has entered the chat

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real_mcnugget 0 points ago +3 / -3

The only thing a Sheriff Office is actually responsible for is upkeep and operations of county jails. Sheriff Offices are under absolutely no obligation to patrol the streets, or assist in calls. Now, when they're the only real law enforcement presence in a city or small town, then yeah they're obviously going to patrol.

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jive-ass-turkey 1 point ago +2 / -1

The only thing a Sheriff Office is actually responsible for is upkeep and operations of county jails. Sheriff Offices are under absolutely no obligation to patrol the streets, or assist in calls. Now, when they're the only real law enforcement presence in a city or small town, then yeah they're obviously going to patrol.

Seems pretty straight forward to me. What part are you struggling with and maybe we can help you out?

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real_mcnugget 1 point ago +1 / -0

The Sheriffs Office is under no obligation to actually do ANY policing other than maintaining county jails. That is the absolute bare minimum requirement. How the fuck people don't know this, is utterly baffling.

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Seanp12 20 points ago +21 / -1

This is a reminder to Escambia pedes to be sure to vote allllll the way down the ballot. Chip Simmons for Sheriff!

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righttowolfarms 20 points ago +20 / -0

The Sheriffs Dept has always treated me well, despite me acting like a total jackass in my youth. I’ve always even suspicious of PD, now I now why.

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DonnieT 9 points ago +9 / -0

Redpill your Dutch bro’s on your way over. The people of the Netherlands was one of the first European groups to embrace some of the ideals of the American revolution shortly after the Declaration of Independence was written and then in at the turn of the 1800s embracing ideas in the constitution. Love reading about the papers of those times from your country arguing for and writing about the founding fathers.

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jive-ass-turkey 2 points ago +2 / -0

you people make me hella jealous every sunday.

If it helps, us Americans are jealous on Sundays too.

They don't give an AR15 to every American citizen at birth or naturalization, regardless of what the media may have reported to you in your country.

We still got to pay for them guns and they are pricey.

Most of us are pretty damned jealous too. But I think that is a good thing generally speaking.

Keep your eyes on the prize, so to speak.

Good luck in your quest to get here. I hope you make it.

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SuperDuty4x4 9 points ago +9 / -0

who are elected by the people and accountable only to the people who elected them, they can run that department pretty much however they see fit.

That is incredibly important and something the politicians in King County WA (where Seattle is) wants to change. They want to make the sheriff position appointed by the council instead of elected by the people. They aren't even hiding their reasons, council members have said it's because with the elected sheriff the council doesn't have any influence and the Sheriff isn't accountable to the council. So of course they want to change that.

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CannonballJunior 1 point ago +1 / -0

Would the Washington state constitution allow them to do that?

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SuperDuty4x4 1 point ago +1 / -0

I don't think the state constitution specifies either way. It used to be an appointed position until 1996 when the voters made it an elected position. The council has voted to make it appointed again but it still has to be approved by the voters before it becomes law again.

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CannonballJunior 1 point ago +1 / -0

Well hopefully the voters will vote that down. They'd be crazy not to.

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AmericanSupremacist 69 points ago +71 / -2

Meh, that’s public information. If he didn’t want to get clowned he shouldn’t have tried clowning them.

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HonkNJhonk [S] 51 points ago +51 / -0

Clown around and find out.

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HistoryInvestigator 24 points ago +24 / -0

Clown world intensifies.

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augustinius 15 points ago +15 / -0

Clown Lives Matter!

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Pede 38 points ago +39 / -1

This is not Berkeley, CA if that's what you're thinking.

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alfredbester 5 points ago +5 / -0

Thank you

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SendThemBackToCanada 2 points ago +2 / -0

Ah that explains everything now.

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HonkNJhonk [S] 24 points ago +24 / -0

They need a raise imo

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Senaleb 80 points ago +80 / -0

Their twitter account is on fire with the shit talking hahah

https://twitter.com/BerkCoSheriff/status/1282142150659014661

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HonkNJhonk [S] 28 points ago +28 / -0

Lmao!

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EvanOnTheFly 24 points ago +24 / -0

Holy shit, their FB post has a rhyming poem and based K-9 units named Kai and shit. LMAO this is top tier. 😂

https://t.co/o7IjRjxDPH?

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CuomoisaMassMurderer 11 points ago +11 / -0

This. Is. America! These are LEOs we can support.

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BladderBeerPoopin 8 points ago +8 / -0

South Carolina

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thisisatestof2 40 points ago +40 / -0

Is this the same Berkeley Sheriff that was on LivePD before leftists ruined it.

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fireitup50 20 points ago +20 / -0

Yes

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techied 13 points ago +13 / -0

That show was the shit. Too bad it portrayed police accurately.

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realPhantomFuck 6 points ago +6 / -0

Police Activity is the place now

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Sansa_Belt 37 points ago +37 / -0

Har dee har har... what a maroon. He looks like a triple-A quality tweaker to me.

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Shinazaki 26 points ago +26 / -0

Dude looks like he's keeping an eye on two people at once and probably doesn't see either one of them through the colors

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HonkNJhonk [S] 15 points ago +15 / -0

This is why libertarians and their free-use of drugs will never get them anywhere.

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AZTrump2020 25 points ago +25 / -0

Have you noticed all of these cop haters are pieces of shit? Imagine my shock.

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Guruchild 11 points ago +11 / -0

CNN: Criminals hate cops! Here's why that is bad.

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FireannDireach 8 points ago +8 / -0

Most of the cop haters you run into online have a record, and are mad because the police took their drugs away. Or they're teenagers all pissy because the cops took their weed and smokes away when they were destroying public property grinding their skateboards against it.

Look at the scumbag that got blown away for shooting Jay. Worthless bum, almost 50 years old. Arrested development in the teen years. These are not "normal" people outraged at injustice, this is the literal rejects of society, that should be catapulted over the border out of the country they hate. (They can work out the landing details in-flight.) Or airlifted by cargo plane and invited to jump out on a low level pass over Cuba, so they can live in a socialist 'paradise".

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thunderpussy 17 points ago +17 / -0

Ahhhh...still mad?

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HonkNJhonk [S] 10 points ago +10 / -0

Quite the opposite. Giddy with delight. No meth required.

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thunderpussy 9 points ago +9 / -0

I'm referring to Mr. Charles Hall. :)

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HonkNJhonk [S] 7 points ago +7 / -0

Lmao we should pen-pal him

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thunderpussy 5 points ago +5 / -0

Dear Diary.....

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minotaurbeach 15 points ago +15 / -0

The only people calling for the police to be de funded- are pedophiles, rapists, violent criminals and Marxist organizations that hire criminals to silence opposition to tyranny

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HonkNJhonk [S] 12 points ago +12 / -0

One word: Retards.

Offensive? Don’t care!

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1337hacker 9 points ago +10 / -1

You forgot suburban, white, women with average household incomes over 100k and have a black friend on Facebook.

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ENVYNITAZ 2 points ago +2 / -0

hahahahahahahahaha

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HonkNJhonk [S] 8 points ago +8 / -0

Because they are pieces of shit?

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Awilen 1 point ago +1 / -0

Because the police stands in their way of rape and drug additions.

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DefenestrateDatAss 11 points ago +11 / -0

A crackhead or Antifa/BLM?
Yes.

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Destineed369 10 points ago +10 / -0

That’s great!

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IDGAF-DT2020 8 points ago +8 / -0

Lol...savage

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Pearls_Swine 8 points ago +8 / -0

This type of shit reinforces my belief that antifaggots are just adults that never grew out of their angsty adolescent phase.

This fag right here is almost 40 (by appearance), and he's not only still shoplifting, but he takes a fucking a selfie flipped the camera off. It's the type of shit you think is hardcore when you're 13. As a grown man, it's laughably pathetic.

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BasteSpuds 7 points ago +7 / -0

Baste

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Throwaway_Test 7 points ago +7 / -0

Baste with au jus!

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BasteSpuds 6 points ago +6 / -0

Depends. If it's a roast of course but if we're using a pan it's whatever the fat you chose to cook with. Always helps to toss some herbs of your choice and cloves of garlic or whatever suits you. Or you can sear it remove it, put the fat in the pan aside. Deglaze with wine or juice or vinegar or whatever liquid you choose and the slowly reincorporate the fat while whisking and have yourself a fantastic pan sauce. Stay baste.

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CuomoisaMassMurderer 3 points ago +3 / -0

Very real. Link to more from this based Sheriff's Department upthread

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SquatchNDenver 7 points ago +7 / -0

HE SHOOTS....HE SCORES!!! WAY TO GO BCSD!!!!

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Beat_to_Quarters 6 points ago +6 / -0

The guy with a criminal record hates the police. Wow what do you know.

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Side-o-Beef_Curtains 5 points ago +5 / -0

Berkeley>berkly

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Czshad2 4 points ago +4 / -0

Sherriffs do not fuck around. Look they put lots of holes in that commie from Portlandia.

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Ekgamut 4 points ago +4 / -0

Of course, I do notice that almost every person who scream “fuck police” are often low-life criminal scum.

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BillOReillyYUPokeMe 4 points ago +4 / -0

LOL is this real?

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HonkNJhonk [S] 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yeah, and check out the rest of their twitter

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BillOReillyYUPokeMe 2 points ago +2 / -0

Haha amazing. Ty

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cob05 4 points ago +4 / -0

The cops are the only ones NOT cucked in Berkeley. That is hilarious and the choice of emojis is priceless 😂. Here's praying that they stay safe in that shithole.

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793D 4 points ago +4 / -0

ahaha savage as fuck is this legit?

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DJ_NeckBrace 3 points ago +3 / -0

THATS GOOD!!!!! keep em coming

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Howard_de_Snutz 2 points ago +2 / -0

"Regular customers"

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Dictator_Bob 3 points ago +3 / -0

Shoplifting?! What a LOSER

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00Gonzo 3 points ago +3 / -0

I swear all these dim activists are ex cons!

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CaliChica 3 points ago +3 / -0

I misread that & thought it said Berkeley Police...as in Berkeley CA cuck led police.

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Aoikaze2000 3 points ago +3 / -0

A burn so bad you can smell it in Texas.

And a glorious smell it is.

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The_RedWolf 3 points ago +3 / -0

Randy Savage

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nerrinc 3 points ago +3 / -0

I used to live in Berkeley County. They run one of the best social media accounts for a public service I have seen. They always poke fun with their posts and really put these criminals front and center.

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Hangemh1gh 2 points ago +2 / -0

Lmao!

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lifeisahologram 2 points ago +2 / -0

I love their emoji use lol

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russianbot4673 2 points ago +2 / -0

guy looks zonked out of his mind. but hey that's his personal freedom to be a complete fuckup and libertarians will die for his rights to be a complete fuckup waste of life which is why libertarians are so great!

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HonkNJhonk [S] 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yea I have few libertarian buddies, and they all love to say “all drugs should be legal!!”... then I hit them with “what happens when they run out of drugs and decide to rob your house?” Lmao gets ‘em every time.

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russianbot4673 2 points ago +2 / -0

the most fucked up thing about libertarians is when it's their NUMBER ONE priority, getting drugs legalized. with all the crazy shit that's going on in the world. and maybe recently they've put that a little more out of the spotlight of their list of priorities, but even 4 years ago when trump first ran there was a ton of shit that needed priority over drugs. even during bush. fucking forever, this country has had politicians turning government into a ponzi scheme and milking us dry. and these fucking retarded clowns think getting high all day, legally (as if they can't do it now if they really want to, with any drug), is the most important thing that needs done. fucking retards, i swear.

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GreatHumungous 2 points ago +2 / -0

Every one of em is a meth head! 😂💦

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veteran299 2 points ago +3 / -1

"um um i said fuck the police. i love the sheriff's department!"

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Bluntman 2 points ago +2 / -0

Like Sheriff Grady Judd , need more like him.

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GrimCovfefe 2 points ago +2 / -0

Austere shoplifter.

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Throwawaycuzmeh 2 points ago +2 / -0

What percentage of people trying to defund the police force are just straight up criminals?

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DZP1 2 points ago +2 / -0

The meth is strong in this one, Emperor.

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Shitsbrokeyo 1 point ago +1 / -0

Is this WV?